Song · Sting
“Englishman in New York” by Sting
From the album …Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
“Englishman in New York” by Sting appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album …Nothing Like the Sun. Its best result is #308 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,607 alternative song of all time.
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Sting cut "Englishman in New York" for …Nothing Like the Sun, his second album, which landed in October 1987, and it's a sly, elegant stroll with a crack band behind him: Branford Marsalis on soprano saxophone, Manu Katché on drums and Mino Cinélu on percussion. Sting wrote and arranged it and produced it with Neil Dorfsman, who mixed it alongside Hugh Padgham.
A&M sent it out as the album's third single in February 1988. It stalled at 84 on the Hot 100, but continental Europe took to it, pushing it into the top 40 in France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, and it went top 20 in Ireland. The song kept finding new lives: a Ben Liebrand remix reached 15 in the UK in 1990, Sting recast it with an orchestra for Symphonicities in 2010, and in 2021 it became "Englishman/African in New York" with Shirazee.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 318 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 308 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2023 | 599 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
Also listed as: Englishman In New York.
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